Friday Morning News and Views: Friday the 13th Edition

Good Morning Conflucians! It’s a gloomy Friday the 13th here in the Boston area. I guess we’ll be getting hit with the tail end of Hurricane Ida over the next couple of days. I’m feeling a bit lethargic this morning, but I’ll try to locate a few interesting news links nonetheless. [...]

Martha Coakley is a Shoo-In for the Massachusetts Senate Nomination!!

Breaking News from Politico: Pelosi Endorses Capuano!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be endorsing Rep. Michael Capuano in the Massachusetts Senate special election, choosing her House colleague over Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is seeking to become the first female senator in the state.
Pelosi will be heading to Boston tomorrow morning to make the formal endorsement….
In [...]

Why is Health Care Reform Being Held Hostage by a Fundamentalist Cult?

No, I don’t mean the Catholic Church. I mean the super-secret, ultra-creepy fundamentalist sect that calls itself
“the Family,” or “the Fellowship,” and they consider themselves a “core” of men responsible for changing the world. “Hitler, Lenin, and many others understood the power of a small core of people,” instructs a document given to [...]

God Forbid we Should Change the Status Quo

Jake Tapper of ABC News had an “exclusive” interview with President Obama today. The first part of the interview was shown on ABC News hour tonight, more will be shown on Nightline tonight, and the rest on Good Morning America tomorrow. Tapper asked the President about the abortion language in the “health care [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning, Conflucians! This morning more than ever, I’m so grateful for all of you, and so glad we have this blog where we can discuss, argue and rant about politics and news events. I can’t begin to imagine what I would have done with out TC and all of you Conflucians over [...]

Health Care Reform Bill Open Thread, Part II

Democrats in Congress are busy tonight trying to make sure that women can’t get abortions or birth control. The Stupak Amendment was defeated on a voice vote, probably because Boehner told the Republicans not to vote for it. Now the Republicans are proposing their own amendment that will make sure that we keep [...]

Health Care Reform Bill Open Thread

Right now the House is debating the Health Care Reform bill. I’m listening to C-Span right now. If anyone else has been following the debate, please post your observations and reactions in this thread. According to Chris Bowers at Open Left, the only amendment that is being debated today is the Stupak [...]

Friday Morning News and Views

Good Morning, Conflucians. The big story of the day is the massacre at Fort Hood in Texas. Last night it was reported that the shooter, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, was dead. But he is still alive and in stable condition even though he was shot several times. It still isn’t clear what motivated Hasan, who [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!! It’s a chilly morning here in the Boston area. It’s only around 37 degrees right now, but the temperature will be in the 50’s by the time I have to go out. We’re might get a little rain later, but right now it’s very nice out. I do [...]

Friday Morning News and Views: Halloween Eve Edition

Good Morning Conflucians!!! It’s Friday and on top of that it’s Halloween Eve! And I’m looking forward to the TC Halloween party tonight, hosted by Stateofdisbelief! I hope to see you all there. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Rico, the bartender. Perhaps he’ll put in an appearance at the [...]